You need to know this regarding travel to your country of origin and right of residence in the Netherlands
Travelling to your country of origin has risks for your residence permit in the Netherlands. Sometimes your right of residence in the Netherlands can be stopped if you travel back. Read below when you may or may not travel to your country of origin.
If you have an independent temporary asylum residence permit, you may not travel back to your country of origin
If you temporarily travel back to your country of origin with a temporary residence permit, you run the risk of having that permit taken away. This can happen if you got the residence permit asylum independently, not because you are a family member of someone with a permit.
If you travel back briefly, the IND will ask for the reason
If you voluntarily travel back to your country of origin, the
If you are away for more than 6 months, the IND thinks you are no longer living in the Netherlands
If you do travel to your country of origin and stay there longer than 6 months, IND may think you have moved back. Then your right of residence in the Netherlands may be stopped. After 6 months, the
If your residence permit is revoked, your family members' residence permits will also be revoked, if their residence permits depend on yours.
With another residence permit you may sometimes travel to your country of origin
If you meet these conditions, you may travel to your country of origin:
1. If you have a permanent asylum residence permit.
If you have a permanent residence permit in the Netherlands, you may travel temporarily to the country you come from. Your permit will not then be stopped.
Note: If you are receiving benefits in the Netherlands, you must seek permission from the municipality before your trip
If you receive benefits, you must report your trip to the municipality. The municipality must give you permission to travel. You may then travel abroad for a maximum of 28 days (including weekends). If you return late, the municipality must stop your benefit. If you have to stay abroad longer due to illness, notify the municipality in time. You must also report this to your school or work. And you must have valid travel documents.
2. If you have become a Dutch citizen and have a Dutch passport
After 5 years of having a residence permit in the Netherlands, you can 'naturaliseren' (naturalise). That means you get a Dutch passport. With a Dutch passport you can go anywhere. Then you can also travel back to your country of origin to visit family.
3. If you have a residence permit through family reunification
If you came to the Netherlands through family reunification, you have an asylum residence permit based on a family member's permit. This is called a derived permit.
With a derived permit and a travel document, you are in principle allowed to travel to your country of origin because you did not get your permit because of your grounds for asylum but because of the link with your family member in the Netherlands. However, the permit can be revoked if the